This time last week he was saying Dublins character was incredible and now he’s saying that. He’s an absolute spoofer. Zero reason for him being a pundit these days. Soundbites is all Pat engages in these days. Cringeworthy

Ostensibly he has a point - we’ve arguably underperformed to some extent in all five of our AI Final appearances under Gavin in a manner we haven’t done to same degree against the same opponents in AI semi-finals. But he’s missing the essential point of why we’re so damned hard to beat in big games, which is that this Dublin team has two ways of winning - blowing the opposition away or relying on their character on days when it isn’t all going to plan. I’ve also got a strong suspicion that the fact we’ve fallen over the line so many times in September has been a huge factor in keeping the dreaded complacency factor at bay.

It’s time for the KOTF to change the narrative. Now that this Dublin team looks like equaling his Kerry team with 4, and possibly going on to get the 5 in a row, they need to change the focus. Ah sure although the dubs are great, they’ll never be as great coz they didn’t blow teams away in the finals.

Makes no difference if we where blowing them out of the water they would either say the opposition where [insert what ever excuse you like here] or we where so financially doped that no team had a chance but in Kerry’s day it was all fair and organic.

Armagh 02, Tyrone 05 & 08. Dublin 2011, 13,15 & 16. Donegal 2012 and Offally 1982. All close games which went down to the wire in last 10 minutes and kerry lost. Though we only heard excuses after about referees in them games